William Dacres Adams: Leda and the Swan, 1904 - on Art WW I

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William Dacres Adams:
Leda and the Swan, 1904
Framed (ref: 1)
Signed and dated 04

Watercolour on paper, 12 x 12 1/2 in. (30.5 x 31.8 cm.)

Tags: William Dacres Adams watercolour children farms/domestic animals illustration



Provenance: Jas Wood, thence by descent.


Adams was greatly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, with whom his father was personally acquainted from his school days. 

The subject is inspired by the Greek myth in which Leda, queen of Sparta, was courted by Jupiter, disguised as a swan.


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